James Warren "Tip" Tippie of Gahanna, Ohio, born February 9, 1940, in Lancaster, Ohio, died March 18, 2025, at Mount Carmel East Hospital.
Jim graduated from Lancaster High School and attended the University of Cincinnati. Jim served in the United States Air Force, which was the beginning of his career in aviation. Jim would go on to serve as a private pilot for the Columbus Fair Auto Auction.
After remaining a bachelor into his sixties, Jim met and fell in love with Astrid "Maggie" Dye and devoted his life to her through marriage on Saturday, October 4, 2004, a date which by total "coincidence" was a bye week for his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes.
While aviation was always a love for Jim, he kept many other hobbies and passions after retirement, including woodworking, working in his ever-expanding garden, and developing into a very avid beekeeper. Jim would often sell his honey in the community, and was a member of the Ohio Beekeepers Association, where he could often be found teaching

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